Virat Kohli's IPL salary: His salary in each IPL season from 2008 to 2025

Virat Kohli is counted among the best players in the world and he plays for RCB in IPL. He has won many matches for the RCB team with his strong batting. He is also the highest run-scorer in the history of IPL. He has countless records to his name, which every batsman in the world would like to name. But there is one wound that will always haunt him. He has been playing in the IPL since 2008, but he has not yet won the IPL trophy. Kohli left the captaincy of RCB in the year 2021 itself. But do you know how much money Virat Kohli has earned from IPL. So let's know about Virat Kohli's IPL salary, his salary in each IPL season from 2008 to 2025

Virat Kohli's IPL salary

• Virat Kohli is one of those players who have participated in every edition of the IPL. Apart from this, he has represented Royal Challengers Bangalore since the beginning. RCB included him in the inaugural edition of the season in 2008 for Rs 12 lakh. After this Virat never looked back.
• Kohli started his IPL career with a good salary, which remained the same for him for the first three seasons (2008-2010). However, 2011 saw a tremendous increase in his IPL salary. RCB recognized his potential and retained him for 8.28 crores.
• The franchise then made him a full-time captain in 2013. The next season saw a hike of Rs 12.5 crore in Kohli's IPL salary. The 2016 season was the best for Kohli as he scored a record-breaking 973 runs including four centuries, helping RCB reach the finals.
• This incredible performance led to a further increase in his salary in 2018. When he became the most expensive player in the league with a salary of Rs 17 crore and this salary remained intact till 2021. It is to be seen that during the 2022 season affected by the Kovid epidemic, Kohli voluntarily accepted a cut in his salary, in which he got an amount of 15 crores.
• Now for the last three seasons, the Delhi-born player has been playing on the same salary. Let us tell you that in the 2022 season, the veteran player resigned from the captaincy role and handed it over to Faf du Plessis to focus completely on batting. In the same year, he continued his dominance and scored 741 runs in the next season.
• With the last date of retention of 2025 approaching, Virat Kohli is expected to be retained for Rs 18 crore. There is also news that he is interested in captaining RCB again in the upcoming season.

Virat Kohli's salary in each IPL season from 2008 to 2025

  

IPL 2025: Virat Kohli's captaincy record and stats in IPL

Before the IPL 2025 mega auction, by October 31, all the franchises have to submit the retention list of their respective players to the BCCI. After this, the mega auction can be seen at the end of this year. This time the mega auction can see many big players changing teams, while the captains of many teams can be changed.

Virat Kohli set to return as RCB captain in IPL 2025: If the news is to be believed, now the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team can also change. Now media reports are coming out that Virat Kohli can once again become the captain of RCB. By the way, Faf du Plessis has been seen captaining RCB for many years. But this year Virat Kohli can again captain RCB.

According to ESPN, Virat Kohli has expressed his desire to captain the Royal Challengers Bangalore team again. He has expressed his desire to this in front of the team management. However, no one knows how much truth is there in this and neither has any official information come from RCB regarding this.

Virat Kohli has captained RCB in the IPL for a long time. Kohli was the captain of RCB for 9 years. However, the team could not win the title under his captaincy. After that Virat Kohli left the captaincy of RCB in the year 2021. After this Faf du Plessis was made the new captain of RCB.

Virat Kohli's captaincy record in IPL

Matches Played	Matches Won	Matches Lost	Matches Tied	Matches Drawn	No Result	Win %
144	68	72	0	0	4	47.22%

Virat Kohli started participating in IPL from 2011. He has scored a lot of runs in this league, due to which he is counted among the most successful batsmen. But when it comes to captaincy, he lags behind. He got the responsibility of captaincy in 2013 and after being the captain for 9 seasons, he left this post in 2021

Virat Kohli led the team in 143 matches during this period and he is also the third captain to captain the most matches in this league. Under Virat's captaincy, RCB won 66 out of 143 matches, while lost 70 and their win percentage was only 46.15 percent. During 9 seasons, his team also could not do anything special. RCB qualified for the playoffs 4 times, in which it played the final once but had to face defeat in that too. That is, there is not a single trophy to his name.

Virat Kohli IPL stats

M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50	4s	6s
252	244	37	8004	113	38.67	131.97	8	55	705	272

Top 5 Indian Captains who lost most home Test matches

 Talking about Indian cricket, the country has some of the best Test captains who have led the national team for a long time under the captaincy of skill. These Indian captains have brought success to their team with their brilliant leadership skills. The role of the captain in Test cricket is very important, especially when they play on home grounds, they want to achieve success by taking advantage of home grounds. Many times even the best captains have to face failure. After the consecutive defeats of the Indian team captained by Rohit Sharma against New Zealand, here we will talk about those Indian captains who have faced the most Test defeats on home grounds.

Top 5 Indian Captains who lost most home Test matches

1. Mansoor Ali Khan - 9 defeats

Indian cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi has lost the most Test matches as an Indian captain on home soil. Pataudi captained India in 27 home Test matches. Of these, India won six and lost nine, 12 Tests were drawn.

2. Rohit Sharma – 4 defeats

Rohit Sharma is one of the most successful Indian captains across formats. Under his leadership, the Indian team won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 trophy in Barbados and finished runners-up in the ODI World Cup 2023 and the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23. However, Rohit's record as a Test captain has not been good, especially when India lost a series at home after losing to New Zealand after 12 years. In 15 Test matches at home under Rohit Sharma, the Indian team has won 10, lost four Tests while one Test was drawn.

3. Mohammad Azharuddin - 4 defeats

Former batsman Mohammad Azharuddin has had a great record as India's Test captain. Under his leadership, India performed brilliantly on home grounds. He captained India in 20 Test matches on home grounds, out of which the Indian team won 12 matches, drew three and lost four matches.

4. Kapil Dev – 4 defeats

1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev has had a very poor record as Indian captain in Test cricket on home soil. Out of the 20 matches played in India, the Kapil Dev-led team won only two and lost four. Out of those 20 Test matches, 13 were draws while one match was tied.

5. Bishan Singh Bedi – 3 defeats

Indian cricketer and legendary spinner Bishan Singh Bedi captained Team India in just two home series during his three-year tenure as the national captain. While he led Team India to a comfortable 2-0 win over New Zealand, Bishan Singh Bedi and his team suffered three defeats during the five-match series against England in late 1976 and early 1977. Overall, Bishan's captaincy in Indian conditions included three wins, three losses and two draws in eight matches.

Australian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade announces retirement

 Australia's wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade has suddenly announced his retirement from international cricket. He will no longer be available as a player for any series. Wade is the person who was part of the Australian team that won the T20 World Cup in the year 2021. Wade's brilliant wicketkeeping as well as his stormy batting have won many matches for Australia.

The month of November is very important for Australia. In this month, it has to play T20 and ODI series against Pakistan, after which it also has to play a five-match Border-Gavaskar Test series against India. Australia has already suffered a setback. Its wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade has suddenly announced his retirement from international cricket.

Matthew Wade will now be seen in the coaching staff of the Australian team. He will start his tenure with the three-match T20 series against Pakistan and will also be associated with the team in ODIs. Matthew Wade will continue to play Big Bash League

Matthew Wade join australian coaching staff

Coaching has been my passion for the last few years. Luckily, I have made some great friends for whom I am grateful. I play Big Bash League and other franchise leagues. But as a player, I also think about coaching. My international career is over, so I want to take this opportunity to coach all my teammates, staff and coaches. I have taken on the burden of this exciting journey. If I did not have good people with me, I would not have been able to reach here.

Matthew Wade International Career

Format	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	36	63	1613	117	29.87	50.36	4	0	5	175	12
ODI	97	83	1867	100	26.3	81.6	1	0	11	129	34
T20I	92	22	1202	80	26.13	134.15	0	0	3	95	46

Wade was part of the team that won the T20 World Cup for the first time in 2021 under the captaincy of Aaron Finch. His stormy innings against Pakistan in the semi-finals pulled the team out of the jaws of defeat and led to victory. This innings remains in the discussion even today. Wade played 36 Test matches for his country in which he scored 1613 runs including four centuries and five half-centuries. At the same time, 1867 runs came from his bat in 97 ODIs. In the 50-over format, he scored one century and 11 half-centuries.

He played 92 matches in T20 and scored 1262 runs. He scored three half-centuries in the shortest format of cricket. He has also captained the team in T20. He captained the team in T20 against India.

Two kids from Dubai bought JioHotstar domain

 The controversy that started over the JioHotstar.com domain has now taken a new turn. An anonymous app developer from Delhi has sold this domain to two children in Dubai. The app developer bought this domain in 2023, when talks of the merger of JioCinema-Hotstar had just started. The developer felt that the JioHotstar.com domain would be the best option for the company to be formed after the merger.

JioHotstar domain controversy

• The controversy over this domain started when an anonymous app developer posted a letter on https://jiohotstar.com. Through the letter, he demanded Rs 1 crore from Reliance in exchange for giving the domain.
• The developer wrote in the letter that he would give this domain to Reliance only if the company would fund him for further studies. The developer wanted to raise funds for tuition fees to study EMBA at Cambridge University.
• The developer said that Reliance's Assistant Vice President (Commercials) Ambujesh Yadav had contacted him and discussed about the domain, but he has turned down the offer. Reliance asked him to take legal action regarding the domain name.
• On Saturday, JioHotstar.com had a new landing page stating that Dubai-based siblings, Jainam and Jeevika, had purchased the domain from him to support the young software developer.
• Jainam and Jeevika also made a video about buying the domain. In this, they told that this was much less than the funds needed by the app developer, but we wanted to help him so we bought the domain.

Jainam and Jeevika create content related to toys and games

Jainam and Jeevika have a YouTube channel where they create DIY content about toys and games. They also have an NGO registered in their name - Jainam Jeevika Foundation. The directors of the foundation are Kantilal Shankarlal Jain and Shobha Kantilal Jain.

What is a domain?

In the world of internet, domain is the address of a website, which is used to access the website on the internet. It is also the unique identifier of the website, by which the user can reach the website by browsing the web. There are two parts of the domain. One is the top-level domain (TLD) and the other is the second-level domain (SLD).

• TLD - This is the topmost part of the domain and it tells the type of website or the address of the related republic. Like- .com (commercial), .org (organization), .net (network), .gov (government) and .edu (educational) etc.
• SLD – It comes below the top-level domain and is the special name of the website.

'Reliance Jio Hotstar Domain' trending on Google as domain dispute escalates

The controversy that started over the JioHotstar.com domain has now taken a new turn. An anonymous app developer from Delhi has sold this domain to two kids in Dubai. After this news, if we look at the Google trends of the last 30 days, it is clear that 'Reliance Jio Hotstar Domain' is being searched continuously.

Why did Gary Kirsten resign from the post of coach of Pakistan team?

 There is turmoil in the Pakistan cricket team at the moment as the head coach of the ODI and T20 team, Gary Kirsten, has resigned from his post. This decision was not expected from Kirsten. His decision has created turmoil in Pakistan cricket. If reports are to be believed, Kirsten was not happy with the attitude of PCB and hence he took this step.

Gary Kirsten resigned from the post of Pakistan team coach

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced the team for the Australia and Zimbabwe tour on Sunday. But a day after this, PCB got a shock. Pakistan's limited overs head coach Gary Kirsten has resigned from his post. Kirsten's tenure was for two years, but the former South African batsman left his post after just six months. Everyone has a question in their mind that why did Kirsten do this? PCB and Pakistan team fans had a lot of expectations from Kirsten. India won the ODI World Cup in 2011 under his coaching. The whole of Pakistan was hoping that Kirsten would bring changes in the team. But he left the post midway.

Reasons for Gary Kirsten's resignation

Pakistan's website Geo News has given information about Kirsten's resignation in its report citing sources. After some time, PCB also made an official announcement of this and appointed Jason Gillespie as the coach of the team on the Australia tour. But the question is what happened that Kirsten had to take this decision. Many reasons are being given for this. If the report of Geo News is to be believed, Kirsten had demanded to appoint David Reid as the high performance coach of the team and said that he would not go to Australia with the team without him. PCB did not listen to him.

Apart from this, Kirsten was also not following his two-year contract according to which he had to stay in Pakistan but Kirsten refused to do so. He had said that he would join the team five-six days before the series.

Selection committee is also a reason

Another reason being given is that Kirsten was upset with the excessive interference of the selection committee. The PCB had forbidden the Test and limited overs team coach from interfering in the selection committee and said that the selection of the team is completely dependent on the committee. Kirsten was said to be unhappy with this.

According to the report of the website ESPNcricinfo, the delay in announcing the team for the Australia and Zimbabwe tour and the announcement of the new captain was also a reason for this. Kirsten wanted his opinion to be given importance in these matters. When the name of Mohammad Rizwan was announced as the new captain of Pakistan's ODI and T20 team, Kirsten was not even in the country.

PCB Appointed Jason Gillespie as New Head Coach

 PCB Appointed Jason Gillespie as New Head Coach: Gary Kirsten surprised everyone by resigning from the post of Pakistan coach. Gary Kirsten's resignation has been accepted by the PCB, which he informed through his ex. During this time, he announced the new head coach of Pakistan for red ball cricket.

Jason Gillespie has been appointed as the head coach of Pakistan's new limited overs team. Earlier on October 27, Mohammad Rizwan was made the captain in place of Babar Azam. Now the Pakistan team will tour Australia and Zimbabwe with its new captain and new coach.

The Pakistan Cricket Board wrote on its Twitter account that the PCB today announced that Jason Gillespie will coach the Pakistan men's team on the limited overs tour of Australia next month. Gary Kirsten's resignation has been accepted by the PCB.

Why did Gary Kirsten resign?

According to ESPNcricinfo's report, differences have emerged between Gary Kirsten and the players. He also has differences with the PCB over coaching staff decisions. Kirsten had reportedly requested the appointment of David Reid as high performance coach, which was not in line with PCB's priorities, leading to tension.

He had told the board that he would not go to Australia with the team without him. The PCB did not listen to him. Apart from this, Kirsten was not following his two-year contract, according to which he had to stay in Pakistan. He had refused to do this to the board. One reason is also being told that Kirsten was upset with the excessive interference of the selection committee. The PCB had refused to let him appear in the selection panel, due to which he was disappointed.